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LYSCOM BRIGHAM, OF DECATUR, MICHIGAN.

SOFT-GROUND HORSESHOE.

v SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 600,960, dated March22, 1898. Application filed September 3, 1897. Serial No. 650,554. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be itknown that I, LYsooM Bure-HAM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Decatur, in the county of Van Buren, State of Michigan, haveinvented a new and useful Soft- Ground Horseshoe, of which the followingis a specification. y

I This invention relates to soft-ground horseshoes heretofore patentedto me, and more particularly to the one patented September 25, 1883, No.285,562. l

The object of the invention consists in improved means for attaching andadjusting the soft-ground horseshoe, all as more particularly set forthand claimed below.

In the drawings forming a part of this speciiication, Figure 1 is a sideelevation of a horses.

foot with my soft-ground shoe attached; Fig. 2, a plan View of thesoft-ground shoe with the horses foot removed and the regular iron shoedotted in Fig. 3, a broken upper portion of the bail for attaching thesoft-ground shoe to the foot, looking from a point at right of Fig. 1;Fig. 4f, an enlarged perspective view of same, looking from a point atleft of Figs. 1 and 3; Fig. 5,'an enlarged section near line a a in Fig.2, looking from a point below; Fig. 6, an enlarged plan View of theadjustable stop which fits against the rear calks of the regular ironshoe, as in Figs. 1 and 2; Fig. 7, an enlarged broken portion of thefront of the shoe in Fig. 2; Fig. 8, a section on line c c 7, lookingfrom a point at the left. This would also-be on same line c o in Fig. 2.Fig. 9 is a section near line c e in Figs. 2 and 7, looking from a pointbelow, Fig. 2 of course being on a smaller scale than Fig. 9; Fig. 10, asection on line ff in Fig. 1, looking from a point at the right, showingthe plan of attaching the bail to the soft-ground shoe; and Fig. 1l isan elevation of Fig. 6, looking from a point at the right.

Referring to the parts of the drawings pointed out by numbers, 12 is thehorsesfoot, 13 the regular iron shoe with which the horse is supposed tobe already shvod, and 14. is my soft-ground shoe similar to thosealready in use; but I have effected improved ways of attaching andadjusting, as will be particularly set forth below.

Of course the object of the soft-ground shoes is well understood toenable the farmery When the nut is to cultivate soft marsh ground withthe use of a team and prevent the feet of the horse from settling undulyinto the soil. The softground shoe 14 is attached to the foot by a bail15, madeA in two parts, attached to the sides of the shoe at 16 and 17and attached over the hoof at 18, Figs. 1 and 2. The ends of the bail15, where it is attached over the foot at 1S, should be so made thatthey can be loosened and detached without being obliged to entirelyremove the nut 19 from the bolt 20, for the reason that it rusts andtakes a long time to remove it, and then it is liable to become lost.Each member of the bail 15 is provided with a hole or slot to receivethe bolt 20 therethrough. The hole in one of these members is elongated,as at 21 in Figs. 1 and 4, and through this elongated hole or slot theelongated head 22 of the bolt 20 is passed in coupling and uncouplin gby turning it in position, asin Fig'. 4. This portion of the bail alsois provided with a mortise 23 in its outer face transversely to the slot21 or elongated hole, as in Fig. 4 and also in Fig. 1. When the bolt 2Ois passed through the elongated hole 21 head foremost, it is given aquarter-turn, the nut19 tightened, and this action brings the elongatedhead 22 into the mortise 23. The bolt is thus held from turning whendesiring to loosen the nut 19 to detach the bail. loosened a little, thebolt 20 is turned to the position, as in Fig. 4, when the parts of thebail can be separated by passing the elongated head 22 out through thehole 21 without, as stated, having to remove the nut 19 or the bolt 2Oentirely from the bail, which is a great convenience.

Since the foot of the horse is constantly growing, by the growth of thehoof it becomes necessary to arrange the shoe and its attachments toconveniently meet these changes byadjustment. As the hoof grows long thefoot is carried back from the bail 15. It then becomes necessary toeither reset the iron shoe 13 or to fill up under the bail 15 withleather or other material to take up the space, or, what is better yetand what my invention provides for, to have an adjustable stop or rest24 at the rear of the foot, so that by adjusting it forward the spaceunder the bail is taken up and the soft-ground shoe is firmly attachedagain, without removing the shoe IOO and with no great inconvenience, bysimply using a wrench on the head 25 of the adjusting-bolt 26. The rearof the shoe 14 has an elongated slot through it at 27. Over this slot isplaced the rest or stop 2l, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, therearwardly-extending portion of this rest being hollow on the under sideat 2S to adjustably receive a nut 29, as in Fig. 5, said nut also beingin the slot 27. A bolt 2G passes loosely through a lug 30 of the shoel-'L and through a lug 31 of the rest 21 in like manner, as shown inFigs. 2 and 5, and said bolt 26 has a threaded portion passing throughthe nut 29. The rest or stop 2i has upwardly-turned portions 32 and 33to fit against the rear calks of the shoe 13, as in Fig. l. Thus withoutremoving the muddy shoe with bolts and nuts, perhaps rusted, all theoperator has to do to adjust the rest or stop Q-i is to raise the footof the horse and turn the head of the bolt 2G, which causes the nut 29to move forward, and this in turn moves the rest or stop forward, andthe reverse, of course, if the adjustment is desired in the otherdirection when first adjusting for a given size foot, except, of course,in this latter instance, the rest or stop 2i is earried back by handafter the bolt 2G isloosened.

An additional rest may be employed back of the toe of the ordinary shoe,as at 3i. This rest consists of a block 35,havin g an upwardlyextendingilange 3G for resting against the inner point of the ordinary shoe 13.This block is provided with side grooves 37 and 38, and being in theslot 3f) of the shoe these grooves loosely slide during the adjustmentof the rest on the edges of the slot, as in Fig. S. A bolt -itO looselypasses through a lug il of the soft-ground shoe 14 and has a threadedportion which adjustably passes through a nut 13, which nut is in theslot 39 and is thus prevented from turning. The forward end of this boltLi0 comes against the end of the rest or block when it is adjustedforward by using a wrench on the head 44 of the bolt, and this actionmoves the block 35 forward against the inside of the toe of the ordinaryshoe, as in Fig. U. This has the same effect as adjusting the rest21,1)ut in some instances it is better to employ both and in others onlyone need to be employed. lt should have been stated that the sott-groundshoe 1-1 is provided with holes 4:5 and 1U for the rear calks of theordinary shoe 13 to fit in and with a hole t7 for the toe-calk. Theseholes are made large enough to provide for feet of varying sizes.

In Figs. 1 and 11 is shown my new plan of attaching the bail 15 to thesoft-ground shoe 14:. 1S is a plate provided with a series of holes 49.A bolt 50 attaches this plate to the shoe by passing through one of theholes 49, as shown in Fig. 10. By means of these holes 49 the bale whichis attached to these plates, may be adjusted toward the rear or front ofthe soft-ground shoe, according to the size and shape of the foot of thehorse. Of course there is a like plate in use on both sides of the shoesand two parts to the bail, as stated. These plates have upwardly andinwardly projecting necks 51, provided with a series of holes 52. Thelower end of the bales 15 are provided with a recess in under side, asat 53, to receive I[he necks 5l, as in Fig. 10. This recessed portion ofthe hail has a bolt-hole adapted to register with any one desired of theseries 52, and a bolt 54:, Fig. 1, is employed to pivotally attach thebail and neck. W'hen thus constructed, the bails can be adjusted as tolength according to the size of the foot when .first adjusting, andowing to the roofing-over portion 55 of the recess the bails cannot dropdown when the shoe is removed from the foot.

The bolt-and-slot arrangement for attaching the upper ends of the bailreally form a buttoning device as well as bolting. Thus by loosening thenut 19 the bail can bc unbuttoned in a very convenient manner. By meansof this shoe only a few parts are necessary and all attached to eachother in a manner for use without det-aching, thus less liable to becomelost and always handy for use. Besides, onlyone size shoe is necessaryfor all horses, as it can be quickly adjusted for any size, as stated.

Having thus described my invention, what `Ielaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. The soft-ground shoe having the rear calli-holes, and the elongatedslot between with the perforated lug at the end of it, combined with therest or stop having the central perforated lug, a bolt passed looselythrough the lugs, and a nut in the elongated slot through which nut thebolt is adapted to move, substantially as set forth.

2. A soft-ground shoe having a front ealkhole, and an elongated slot inits rear with a perforated lug at the end of said slot, in combinationwith a rest grooved to adjustably slide on the edges of the elongatedslot, a nut in said slot, and a bolt passed through the lu g and nut andadapted to be screwed against the rest to force it against the inside ofthe toe of the ordinary shoe of the horse, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the soft-grou nd shoe, the bail-plates having theseries oi' adjustingholes and provided with the upwardly-projectingnecks having the series of adjustingholes, the bail having theroofed-over recess to receive the neck, and the adjustableattaching-bolts, substantially as set forth.

In testimony of the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand in thepresence of two witnesses.

LYSCOM. BRIGUAM.

lVitnesses:

Lnvr F. COX, WARREN S. Moi-inv.

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